The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-05-07
FARM AND EIREsIpE.

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1T is said that screws dipped in q
mixture of oil and black lead will
neither rust nor become too rigidly fixed.
Sunshine Cake: Yelks of eleven
eggs. two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful
OF butter, one cupful OF milk, three cup.
fuls of -four, one teaspoonful of cream
of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda.
Good Housekeeping.
"A German medical journal asserts
that boiled milk is more easily and rap
idly digested than unboiled milk and
that the curds are softer.-Foote's
Health Monthly.
MARI is not only an excellent alb
sorbent in the stables, but adds to the
fertility of the soil. Mixing it with
manure renders it better adapted for
plant-food.
In washing pocket handkerchiefs,
throw handful of salt into the water
in which they are being soaked. You
will be surprised at the ease with which
they are cleaned. Field and
Stockmdn.
The ordinary farmer, East or West,
can not afford to keep sheep for the
WOOL The account for the year must
show more balance than this. The
lamb must be n yearly factor, which
can be turned into profit. t.-Erchanqe
Good implements save labor. The
use of an inferior plow during the busy
season not only delays operations to a
certain extent, but the effects OF the
poor work done extend to the time
when the crop is harvested.
The following recipe has been sent
us, says the Poultry Monthly: For cank-
er, paint twice daily with perchloride
of iron the inside of the mouth and
touch the sores outside with lunar
caustic. Give twice each week as much
EPSON salts as will lie on quarter of q
dollar.
-Cornstalks have much less sweet
ness in them before they blossom OF
tassel, rs it is usually called; analysis
shows this. and the COW, given hel
choice of the two, usually confirms the
verdict of chemical science. The stalks
improve until the ears are fully formed
and begin to harden.
Grand Cake: One cup of sugar
one-half cup each of butter, milk and
corn starch, one and one-half cups OF
flour. two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, and the whites of four eggs.
Dissolve tho corn-starch in the milk
You can use the yelks if preferred ant
save the whites for frosting.-RousehoM
"A new and hardy variety of aprico
is now attracting the attention of fruit
growers 1t is said to have beer
brought to this country several years
since by the Russian Mennonites, ant
planted throughout Kansas and Ne
braska, where it has proved entirel,
hardy and healthy, quite productive,
bearing handsome, golden yellow
fruit, of medium size, sweet and o
good quality.
Colonel F. D. Curtis is satisfied tina
white corn is better for feeding pig
than yellow flint. The grain is light
containing less fat forming material
consequently it is not so heating. /
makes healthy growth of body, (bdh
and muscle, together with the fat)
while the harder, richer yellow film
makes preponderance of fat.
Never bring a fowl from anothe
yard and place it in your flock unit
you have kept it in quarantine. Pro
vide coop for that purpose. and place
it at some distance from the yards
keeping the new birds confined Ion.
enough to know if they are healthy. Th
strictest precautions are necessary, ol
you will bring roup or cholera into you
yards before You are aware of it. And
what is more, even if there be no disease
quarantine for fear of lice. Always b'
on the watch against lice, for should
a lousy bird come into the yard. i
would soon stock the whole.-7ro!
Times.